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Kachuga kachuga (Red-crowned roofed turtle)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Kachuga kachuga was named by Gray (1831). It is extant.

Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2018-09-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Kachuga kachuga Gray

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
—Pantestudines
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBatagurinae(Gray 1870)
genusKachugaGray 1869
specieskachugaGray 1831

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kachuga kachuga Gray 1831 [Red-crowned roofed turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:24:08
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:24:08
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005
Collections
No collection or age range data are available